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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
4
The article reports the March 10 notice about ambulance delays at Guab. It notes Mervyn Winkworth of Llangothlin severed a finger and required urgent care after an hours long wait. The piece stresses there is no blame on the doctor and praises prompt emergency response.
A church notices for Guyra lists a morning service led by Halv R Birhy and a 3 p.m. harvest service with lay reader Steen. Other services are noted with C G Mathieson as minister.
A Department of Public Health guidance notes stale bread retains value and offers uses from bread and butter pudding to soft and brown breadcrumbs. Methods include dampening crusts then baking or soaking crumbs for stuffing, rissoles, or puddings, and making savoury croutes with cheese. Apple Brown Betty and savoury breads offer quick recipes and storage tips.
The notice outlines a revised coupon sequence for tea and butter. Tea coupons numbers 9 to 20 are current after January 1949, with new tea coupons 3 to 15 starting, and numbers 16 to 18 to be available from 18 April 1949. A weekly ration of butter appears as MB and another item named Sener is mentioned.
For the Ladies What's Cooking week presents four biscuit varieties using a butter sugar flour base. Coconut tartlets bake to golden brown with raspberry jam. cornflake or rice bubble cookies roll in crumbs and bake. nutties mix spice and nuts with dates and raisins. Napoleon biscuits layer with jam and lemon glaze then cut into fingers.
Public Health notes trace measles origins to Rhazes and its spread to Europe and beyond. It cites outbreaks in 1846 Fiji and 1875 New South Wales, with deaths numbering in the thousands, and mentions Dust control trials in measles wards reducing bacillus presence by about 98 percent through oil coatings and cleaner bedding practices.
Anne Baxter gifts orchid plants from her own orchid farm to friends for Christmas and New Year. Ex-professor Richard Widkmark is voted by Miami University drama coeds as the prof they would like to fail year after year. Shirley Temple collects dolls valued at 25,000 dollars set in a museum room. A jade piece valued near 5000 dollars stands out among gifts from fans worldwide. Celeste Holm doubts shaping her son Danny but believes he will become an actor, and notes his mirror-adoring moments as proof.
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